Ellington Quotes

27 quotes by 22 authors

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced… — Dave Brubeck
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the… — Dave Brubeck
Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging -- but that weren't… — Miles Davis
There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought… — Boris Vian
My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use your… — Kenny Burrell
Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy Dog, Pearl Jam,… — Christian McBride
There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film on Louis Armstrong.… — Randy Weston
When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause. — Ruth Brown
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington. — Miles Davis
Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks. — Norman Granz
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. — Norman Granz
A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. — David Amram
...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the overnight bus in… — Jo Nesbo
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a… — Abbey Lincoln
I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a… — Mose Allison
My teachers are Duke Ellington and nature. — Toru Takemitsu
I especially like Duke Ellington jazz, which is a little more... I lived in New York for a while. I lived in Harlem for a… — Charlie Day
I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. — Steve Lacy
Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. — Joni Mitchell
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. — Lawrence Welk

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